Where does “pusia” come from?
pusia (Finnish) comes from English pussy, from English pursy, from Middle English pursyf, from Anglo-Norman porsif, from French poussif, from French pousser, from Latin pulsare, from Latin pulso — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
pusia (Finnish): to smooch, to kiss
Definitions
- to smooch, to kiss
Ancestry of “pusia”, step by step
pusia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English pussy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pussy | A cat; An affectionate term for a woman or girl,... |
| 2 | English | pursy | Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to... |
| 3 | Middle English | pursyf | asthmatic, pursy |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | porsif | — |
| 5 | French | poussif | wheezy |
| 6 | French | pousser | to push; to urge on, encourage; to grow |
| 7 | Latin | pulsare | present active infinitive of pulsō; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | pulso | I push, strike, beat, batter, hammer; knock on;... |
| 9 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 10 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
via Finnish pusu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pusu | a kiss, especially a short one, a peck |
| 2 | Swedish | puss | Peck; a light or dispassionate kiss performed... |
| 3 | German | pfütze | puddle, shallow pool |
| 4 | Middle High German | pfütze | — |
| 5 | Old High German | pfuzzi | pool |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *puti | — |
| 7 | Latin | puteus | pit, dungeon; well; cistern |
| 8 | Latin | -al | noun-forming suffix |